230.2 Finding of residence.
If a person’s residency status is disputed, the residency shall be determined in accordance with section 331.394. Otherwise, the district court may, when the person is ordered placed in a hospital for psychiatric examination and appropriate treatment, or as soon thereafter as the court obtains the proper information, make one of the following determinations and enter of record whether the residence of the person is in a county or the person is a resident in another state or in a foreign country, or when the person’s residence is unknown, as follows:
1. That the person’s residence is in the county from which the person was placed in the hospital.
2. That the person’s residence is in another county of the state.
3. That the person’s residence is in a foreign state or country.
4. That the person’s residence is unknown.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3582; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.2]
2004 Acts, ch 1090, §44; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §107, 130; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §47; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §70
Referred to in §230.4, 230.5
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 230 - SUPPORT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Section 230.1A - Liability of county and state.
Section 230.2 - Finding of residence.
Section 230.3 - Certification of residence.
Section 230.4 - Certification to regional administrator.
Section 230.6 - Investigation by administrator.
Section 230.7 - Transfer of nonresidents.
Section 230.8 - Transfers of persons with mental illness — expenses.
Section 230.9 - Subsequent discovery of residence.
Section 230.10 - Payment of costs.
Section 230.11 - Recovery of costs from state.
Section 230.12 - Residency disputes.
Section 230.15 - Personal liability.
Section 230.17 - Board may compromise lien.
Section 230.18 - Expense in county or private hospitals.
Section 230.19 - Nonresidents liable to state — presumption.
Section 230.20 - Billing of patient charges — computation of actual costs — cost settlement.
Section 230.21 - Notice to county of residence.
Section 230.25 - Financial investigation by supervisors.
Section 230.26 - Regional administrator to keep record.
Section 230.27 - Board and county attorney to collect.
Section 230.30 - Claim against estate.
Section 230.31 - Departers from other states.
Section 230.32 - Support of nonresident patients on leave.